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tellurian, a. and n.|tɛˈl(j)ʊərɪən|
[f. L. tellūr-em the earth + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial.
1846De Quincey Syst. Heavens Wks. 1854 III. 172 They absolutely hear the tellurian lungs wheezing, panting, crying. 1862Parthenon 26 July 405 The stratified cemetery of the ‘tellurian’ crust. 1887A. Lang Myth, Ritual, & Relig. II. 120 There were..solar, lunar{ddd}[and] tellurian..methods of accounting for a myth.
B. n. An inhabitant of the earth.
1847De Quincey Joan of Arc Wks. 1854 III. 237 If any distant worlds..are so far ahead of us Tellurians in optical resources. c1851― Ess. Finlay's Greece Posth. Wks. 1893 II. 75 Our own case, the case of poor mediocre Tellurians. |